U-T Staff

SACRAMENTO  Sen. Ben Hueso was sentenced Thursday to three years probation and ordered to complete an alcohol education program stemming from his August arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol near the Capitol. The San Diego lawmaker won't be required to serve any jail time. Megan Virga, Hueso's attorney, accepted a plea deal on the senator's behalf during a brief hearing in Sacramento Superior Court. Hueso did not ...

San Diego  A jury determined Monday that the county will have to pay $3 million to the parents of a heroin-addicted man who died of an asthma attack while detoxing in county jail. The parents of Daniel Sisson sued the Sheriff’s Department and the county in federal court on various claims, including wrongful death and cruel and unusual punishment. Sisson, 21, was on probation when he was arrested for heroin possession and ordered back ...

DEL MAR  A former trust administrator who siphoned more than $1 million from an elderly couple’s accounts over an 8-year period was sentenced Friday to 21 months in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz also ordered Brian Lee, 44, to pay more than $750,000 in restitution to the San Diego victims, prosecutors said. Lee pleaded guilty in February to one count of wire fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the couple hired ...

San Diego  A San Diego business attorney pleaded not guilty Friday to accusations that he ran a $12 million global money laundering scheme. According to a grand jury indictment unsealed in San Diego federal court Friday, attorney Richard Medina Jr. and co-conspirator Omar Trevino Caro Del Castillo operated an illegal money transmitting business that collected cash from other people throughout the United States and transferred it to financial institutions around the world, including Mexico ...